talent

Meaning

  1. a talent (an obsolete unit of weight or money)
  2. a talent, a gift, a knack

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ta.lɑ̃/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Latin talentum (“a Grecian weight; a talent of money”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton, “balance; a particular weight, especially of gold; sum of money; a talent”).

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